One of the most popular items(项目) in the school newspaper is the advice column. No one knows who writes it. The students think their teacher does, but it might be a student using a false name.

The students enjoy thinking up problems for the advice column. Here are some of them and their answers.

Ask the Wise Owl

Q: I’m always late for school. I try not to be, but I can’t help it. Please advise me what to do. Tommy.

A: You are probably late for school because you don’t really like school. My advice to you is to try and enjoy school more, then you won’t be late so often.

Q: I find it difficult to make friends. What do you think I should do? Sara.

A: I can’t advise you until I know more about you. Your problem may be that you are shy. On the other hand, it may be the opposite. You may be too bold(冒失). Write and tell me more about yourself.

Q: I’m always at the bottom(底部，末尾) of the class. What do you advise me to do? Molly.

A: I advise you to concentrate on(全神贯注) improving your grades in one subject to start with. If you can do this, you should move a little way up from the bottom. Next, try to improve your grades in another subject, and so on. If you concentrate on one subject at a time, by the end of the year you should be quite a long way up from the bottom in all your classes.

1.What is Tommy’s problem?

A．He needs help with his homework.

B．He finds it difficult to make friends.

C．He is always late for school.

D．He is always at the bottom of his class.

2.What does Molly want to do?

A．To stay at the bottom of her classes.

B．To make more friends.

C．To concentrate on one subject at a time.

D．To improve her grades.

3.What does the Wise Owl want Sara to do?

A．Give more information about herself.

B．Stop being so shy.

C．Make more friends.

D．Stop being so bold.

4.By the end of the year, where should Molly be in all her classes?

A．At the top.

B．Quite a long way up from the bottom.

C．At the bottom.

D．A little way up from the bottom.

5.What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Sara finds it difficult to make friends.

B．Tommy wrote to the school newspaper to ask for advice.

C．The advice column in the school newspaper is very popular.

D．The school newspaper has an advice column.

 

Nobody likes making mistakes. But, no one is perfect. If you can learn from mistakes correctly, they can move you forward. Therefore, we should analyse how you can learn from them.

If you have made mistakes that harm other people, it is important to offer a sincere apology (道歉)in person. A good apology will likely make the other person forgive you. If you refuse to apologize, the person hurt by you will hold it against you.

If you go through life afraid to make a mistake, you will spend most of you life doing nothing. There is no harm in making mistakes; it is an essential part of going forward. The more duties you take, the more likely you will make mistakes.

Unluckily, it is our natural instinct（本能） to justify（为……辩解） our actions. When you make a mistake, you will first blame someone else. When mistakes are made, the boss is unlikely to be interested in justifications. Sometimes it is best to say, very simply--yes, I made a mistake.

Mistakes happen for various reasons. To avoid（避免）repeating them, you need to understand the main reason. For example, you may have made a mistake by saying some unkind words. If you make mistakes because you are tired, try to get more sleep; if you are stressed, look at ways to relax and keep away from the stress of work.

You should avoid feeling guilty about making mistakes, but at the same time, you should make a decision to learn from them. If you repeat the same mistakes, it shows you aren’t making progress and they cause repeating suffering. Often mistakes are caused by bad habits. To avoid making the same mistakes you need to break these bad habits. The sooner, the better.

How to earn from mistakes
Advice	Contexts
Say sorry___1.__	A sincere face-to-face apology helps him___2.___ you.
Don’t be a perfectionist(完美主义者).	It is __3.___that people make mistakes. A person who takes more duties will make ___4.___ mistakes.
Don’t ___5.___ time trying to justify mistakes.	When a mistake is ___6.___, you’d better admit it rather than blame it on someone else.
Understand___7.___the mistake happened.	You may say some unkind words to other people. Find the right ___8.___ and try to avoid the same mistake.
Avoid ___9.___ the same mistakes.	__10.___ your bad habits as soon as possible.

 

 

What do you usually do after school? Playing football? Watching TV? Come on, we need something new! Let’s see how kids in foreign countries spend their free time!
Mess Around with Dress-up
Do your parents have any old clothes? See if you get an old box and start collecting hats, shoes and clothes now! Then, when your friends come over after school,  you can play dress-up.  See if you  can make yourself into a doctor，or a cowboy,  or even a spaceman! Use glitter paint and old material to decorate the clothes the way you like them.
If you are really clever, you could even put on a show for your family!  Let your imagination run wild!
Want to learn new things after school? Want to make new friends who aren’t in your class? You can get both of them in clubs.  In other countries, schools, there are usually all kinds of clubs for kids to join.  There is French club，student government, theater, choir (合唱队）and photography club.
Take photography club as an example.  One may learn all the necessary skills about taking photos.  For example, you will learn how to choose a camera，how to use the light and how to develop pictures.  Sounds cool, right?
But that’s not all.  One can also make a lot of friends in clubs.  It’s always good to enjoy your spare time with friends，isn’t it?
【小题1】What is the best title for _____？

A．Start a Club	B．Learn a Club
C．An Important Club	D．A Photography Club

【小题2】From the first paragraph we know________.

A．foreign kids don’t like watching TV

B．Chinese kids like playing football with foreign kids

C．playing football is not popular with foreign kids

D．foreign kids have some different ways to spend their free time

【小题3】When you join a photography club，you cannot________.

A．enjoy your free time	B．get a camera for free
C．make some new friends	D．learn to take pictures

【小题4】The text mainly talks about________.

A．how to take a good picture

B．how to join a photography club

C．after-class activities in foreign countries

D．putting on a show in foreign schools

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的三个选项（A、B和C）中，选出最佳选项。

Have you ever heard the saying “If you want a friend, be one”?

Here is a story about one new teacher making friends with the girls and boys in her class on the first day of school. As the bell rang, the teacher came in smiling at each girl and boy. Then she said in a quiet voice, “Good morning, girls and boys! How happy I am because I have all of you in my class this year. I’d like to know each of you. I am sure we will enjoy working together. I am sure that the more we get together the happier we’ll be.” Her voice was so sweet and her looking was so friendly. Everyone believed what she said.

She told the girls and boys her name and wrote it on the blackboard. She told them some of the things she liked to do and she was hoping to do with them during the year.

Then she said to the whole class, “Now you know my name and the things I like. Next I want to know your names and the things you like. Then I will feel that I know you.”

Could you make friends by doing the same as this teacher did?

One way of getting to know girls and boys in our class is to know more about them. It is usual to be friends with those people who have the same interests with you. You can play the same games and go on journeys together.

You may find that some new comers in your class miss their old friends and feel strange and lonely. You can invite them to take a walk or to ride bikes with you. You will find many things in common to talk about. It is one good way to make friends just by talking together in a friendly manner.

1.How do you understand the saying “If you want a friend, be one”?

A. If you want to have a friend, try to make one be your friend.

B. You can make friends by doing what a friend do.

C. You may have a friend by doing everything for him.

2.The teacher’s sweet voice and her friendly looking_______.

   A. showed that she would like to be a friend of the girls and boys

   B. made every girl and boy happy

   C. told the girls and boys everything about herself

3. A new comer will be your friend if _______.

   A. he always thinks of his old friend

   B. he knows you very well

C. you talk with him in a friendly way

4.If you want to make friends with others, you should_______.

   A. know more about them

   B. talk with them in an unfriendly way

   C. have different interests with them

5.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

   A. If you want to make friends with others, you should be one of them.

   B. Friends often share the same interests with each other.

   C. If you can make a good friend, you should smile at him.

 

单词拼写

1.If you can swim a        the river, I’ll be waiting for you on the other side.

2.She took part in helping people in the Wenchuan Earthquake. She would never forget this unusual      .

3.I like c      with my friends online very much.

4.In Lily’s paper there are f           mistakes than in Jack’s.

5.I read my essay a          in class and everyone can hear me clearly.

6.His speech was boring, but he did not r           it.

7.He is good at thinking. I think he can answer the question in a d            way.

8.Would you mind not w          your time?

9.Don’t stay up late, or you will feel s             in class during the day.

10.He joined the army(军队) five years ago, so he has been a s              for five years.